Commercial Legal Counsel
1PasswordPosted 4/2/2025
Commercial Legal Counsel
1Password
Job Location
Salary Range
128k - 209k USD / YEAR
Job Summary
1Password is seeking a Commercial Legal Counsel to provide legal support and advice on various matters, including contracts, marketing, and regulatory compliance. The ideal candidate will have a Juris Doctorate or equivalent degree, relevant in-house experience, and strong communication skills. They will work collaboratively with employees and stakeholders to achieve key performance objectives and meet tight deadlines. This is a remote opportunity within Canada and the US, with occasional travel for in-person engagement. 1Password offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health coverage, wellness spending allowance, and company equity. The annual base salary ranges from $128,000 CAD to $209,000 USD, depending on location.
Job Description
About 1Password:
We all have important information we need to manage, and protecting it should be easy. Over 150,000 businesses and millions of people log in to 1Password to unlock smart, simple access to everything they care about. Our vision is to create a safer, simpler digital future for everyone, and our culture values simplicity, honesty and a human-centric approach to solving problems. Come help us unlock peace of mind so everyone can stay safer online.
Reporting to the Senior Director - Commercial, the Commercial Legal Counsel proactively advises internal clients and provides support to 1Password on a variety of legal matters including contracts, marketing and legal/regulatory compliance; as well as working collaboratively with employees and stakeholders on 1Password’s wide-ranging legal needs.
This is a remote opportunity within Canada and the US.
What we're looking for:
- A Juris Doctorate or equivalent degree, with state (or provincial) bar membership
- Relevant in-house experience providing legal support to sales, product, partnership, marketing and advertising teams at a SaaS company
- 2-4 years experience practicing (combination of in-house and at a law firm), negotiating commercial transactions and drafting commercial agreements
- Business acumen and ability to build relationships across the business, while collaborating cross-functionally with a variety of teams
- Outstanding communication skills, written and verbal, and ability to work both in teams and independently
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills and a demonstrated ability to effectively and proactively provide sound legal advice and exercise good business judgment
- Knowledge of basic data privacy laws and practices within the SaaS industry
- Comfortable with ambiguity and a fast-paced culture, with a practical, solutions-oriented focus
- Creative thinker who can initiate and develop alternative approaches to complex issues
- Able to handle many projects simultaneously, to manage tight deadlines, and to prioritize effectively
- Love the nitty gritty of contracts, are an effective and confident negotiator, with strong drafting skills and excellent attention to detail
What you can expect:
- Work within and manage workflows of legal documents within the contract lifecycle management (CLM) tool
- Primary initial focus will be to support the Go to Market (GTM) team to help them achieve their monthly and quarterly objectives and meet tight deadlines
- Closely work with a contract manager to draft, negotiate, review, redline and interpret the various commercial documents, such as but not limited to the MSAs, NDAs, data processing agreements or other commercial agreements
- Advise on a variety of legal issues related to GTM, marketing, advertising, privacy and intellectual property, as required from time to time
- Work with the legal ops specialist to implement processes and procedures to improve legal team’s commercial transactions workflows
- Provide support to the legal team to achieve its key performance objectives or objectives and key results
Bonus points for:
- Experience with quarterly SaaS sales cycles
- More extensive experience with GDPR, CCPA and other privacy regulations
USA-based roles only: The annual base salary for this role is between $155,000 USD and $209,000 USD, plus immediate participation in 1Password's benefits program (health, dental, 401k and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs.
Canada-based roles only: The annual base salary for this role is between $128,000 CAD and $173,000 CAD, plus immediate participation in 1Password’s generous benefits program (health, dental, RRSP and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs.
At 1Password, we approach each individual's compensation with a promise of fair market value and internal equity commensurate with experience and specific skill set.
We believe in the power of remote work, but we also recognize that in-person connection is sometimes important to help us achieve our mission. While we are a remote-first company, occasional travel for in-person engagement will be a part of this role. Frequency will depend on role and responsibilities, and may include, but is not limited to, annual department-wide offsites, team meetings, and customer/industry events. These events will typically be held in varying locations across Canada and the US.
What we offer:
We believe in working hard, and resting hard. We’re always looking for new ways to support our team members, but here’s a glance at what we currently offer:
Health and wellbeing
> 👶 Maternity and parental leave top-up programs
> 👟 Wellness spending allowance
> 🏝 Generous PTO policy
> 💖 Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year
> 🧠 Wellness Coach membership
> 🩺 Comprehensive health coverage
Growth and future
> 📈 Company equity for all full-time employees
> 💸 Retirement matching program
> 💡 Training budget, 1Password University access, and learning sessions
> 🔑 Free 1Password account (and friends and family discount!)
Flexibility and community
> 🤝 Paid volunteer days
> 🌎 Employee-led DEIB programs and ERGs and ECGs
> 🏠 Fully remote environment
> 🏆 Peer-to-peer recognition through Bonusly
You belong here.
1Password is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace that is built on trust, support and respect. We welcome all individuals and do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity and expression, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, colour, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, sex, citizenship, education, languages spoken or veteran status. Be yourself, find your people and share the things you love.
Accommodation is available upon request at any point during our recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please speak to your talent acquisition partner or email us at [email protected] and we’ll work to meet your needs.
Remote work is a part of our DNA. Given that our company was founded remotely in 2005, we can safely say we're experts at building remote culture. That said, remote work at 1Password does mean working from your home country. If you've got questions or concerns about this, your talent partner would be happy to address them with you.
Successful applicants will be required to complete a background check that may consist of prior employment verification, reference checks, education confirmation, criminal background, publicly available social media, credit history, or other information, as permitted by local law.
1Password uses an automated employment decision tool as a part of the recruitment process. See the latest bias audit information. A reasonable accommodation, reasonable alternative selection process, appeal or to exercise your right to opt-out of AADM may be requested by emailing [email protected] with subject "AI accommodation request". For additional information see our Candidate Privacy Notice.
